Mysore/Mysuru: The fourth-day of the ongoing Bahuroopi Raastriya Rangotsava (National Theatre Festival) at Rangayana on Tuesday, saw the staging of a few tragic plays that portrayed the travails of the effects of lockdown, the helplessness of a king who was declared impotent, a queen who ended her life scared by a divine message (Daivavani) as well as the life of Emperor Ashoka.
While Bengaluru’s WeMove Theatre performed ‘Lockdown’ Kannada play, Odisha’s Mig Kala Parishat staged ‘Soorjyastaru Soorjodaya’ Odiya play, Bengaluru’s Prayoga Ranga performed ‘Oedipus’ Kannada play and Dharwad’s Rangayana artists enacted ‘Samrat Ashoka’ Kannada play.
